Colgate 2/4
Posted by ugarte
Colgate 2/4
Posted by: ugarte (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 07:02PM
hahaha hoo boy yikes still no andreev and...
MIH | Berard and Haiskanen are out; Bramwell and Lagerstrom are in. Mack at center for the first time; Penney back to the wing. Ian Shane starts his eighth straight in goal #YellCornell pic.twitter.com/3hgEmAkEs8
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Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Jim Hyla (---.sub-174-197-207.myvzw.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 07:06PM
Thanks for starting this. I’ll repost that Cornell is wearing their whites.
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Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 07:09PM
Circle the wagons.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: ugarte (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 07:23PM
i have never seen the name suda before in my life
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Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 07:28PM
He played at Brown, too. Michael. IINM, he was highly recruited.ugarte
i have never seen the name suda before in my life
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 07:30PM
This is the first game I can recall where all four Phantom Sophomores (O'Leary, Penney, Lagerstorm, Rego) are in the lineup.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 07:34PM
Colgate should always wear these sweaters. They are lovely.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 07:53PM
Colgate just collapsing in front of their net. Not a lot of room. But we’re forechecking hard.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: arugula (---.sub-174-244-146.myvzw.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 07:56PM
The Colgate pbp is very good. Playing it straight.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: CU2007 (---.stny.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 07:58PM
Refs appear to have swallowed their whistles tonight.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: blackwidow (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:03PM
cornell men's hockey on its way to total implosion
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:05PM
Poor defensive play in our end. We look lost out there, fumbling pucks and misfiring passes. Missing several key guys is putting a huge hurt on our game.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Dafatone (---.sub-174-198-83.myvzw.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:05PM
blackwidow
cornell men's hockey on its way to total implosion
Go away.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Dafatone (---.sub-174-198-83.myvzw.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:05PM
Of all the nonsense, Colgate's shutting off all the lights when they score a goal might be the most nonsense.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:10PM
Dafatone
Of all the nonsense, Colgate's shutting off all the lights when they score a goal might be the most nonsense.
Yeah, that’s lame.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: upprdeck (38.77.26.---)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:18PM
this team has been killed by the simple mistakes for weeks.. just throwing the puck off the half way for no reason to colgate creates a goal.. coming in multiple times on rushes and throwing pucks 10 ft away from team mates, and then every good chance the goalies are saving,
the easy passes and decisions are killing them over and over and when you cant score they add up to losses.
the easy passes and decisions are killing them over and over and when you cant score they add up to losses.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:19PM
Don't take this the wrong way, but go fuck yourself.blackwidow
cornell men's hockey on its way to total implosion
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: blackwidow (---.hsd1.pa.comcast.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:21PM
Trotsky
Don't take this the wrong way, but go fuck yourself.blackwidow
cornell men's hockey on its way to total implosion
damn.. i guess truth hurts :'(
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Iceberg (12.185.199.---)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:23PM
Well, tie game again.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:27PM
If it wasn’t previously clear why Mitchell never became a forward, he’s missed more grade A opportunities the last 2 games than the rest of the team combined.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:28PM
Moving the puck swell, setting up well, no complaints, just keep it up.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:29PM
I wish O'Leary would not hop up like that it only takes one knee collision.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2022 08:30PM by Trotsky.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:31PM
Trotsky
Moving the puck swell, setting up well, no complaints, just keep it up.
Without Berard and Andreev the PP is a shell of what it is at its best.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:34PM
An atrocious penalty—fanning on the dump in and then tripping the player immediately thereafter—leads to a not good result.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:34PM
The Youngs *are* the Tupkers.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:35PM
This pbp guy is excellent.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2022 08:36PM by Trotsky.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: CU2007 (---.stny.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:36PM
We need to get healthy
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:36PM
Trotsky
The Youngs *are* the Tupkers.
The Tupkers have been terrific this year, but the Youngs are more skilled.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:37PM
Trotsky
This pbp guy is excellent.
Wonderfully knowledgeable, but I wish he’d take a breath now and then.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:40PM
Well, Colton is anyway.scoop85
Trotsky
The Youngs *are* the Tupkers.
The Tupkers have been terrific this year, but the Youngs are more skilled.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Iceberg (12.185.199.---)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:42PM
Trotsky
This pbp guy is excellent.
Yes, definitely one of the better ones of the teams have had a consistent PBP guy (i.e. Brown).
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:48PM
That should be a double minor on their guy
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:49PM
Betts looks... irritated.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:49PM
All I can think is Locke may have been holding him from getting up. Vachon looked furious.scoop85
That should be a double minor on their guy
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:50PM
Trotsky
Betts looks... irritated.
He should be
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Dafatone (---.sub-174-198-83.myvzw.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:50PM
Traditional matching minors for jumping a guy and for getting jumped.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:51PM
I'm not crazy, right, we should *not* be 4x4 here. It should remain 5x5?
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:52PM
Ufda, offsides by a mile.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:52PM
And now we have to play without one of our few remaining legitimate offensive threats for 12 minutes.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:55PM
Colgate is doing a good job keeping everything to the outside. One of the few exceptions was Psenicka’s goal.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 08:57PM
Malone, Betts, and Locke have been so good tonight.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: ACM (---.rochester.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:02PM
Trotsky
I'm not crazy, right, we should *not* be 4x4 here. It should remain 5x5?
Maybe not crazy, but wrong.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:02PM
I'm so old I have forgotten the rules.ACM
Trotsky
I'm not crazy, right, we should *not* be 4x4 here. It should remain 5x5?
Maybe not crazy, but wrong.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Scersk '97 (38.81.106.---)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:03PM
Psenicka’s gonna score a lot of goals and draw a lot of penalties if he learns to keep driving the net like that.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: ugarte (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:18PM
play every minute like it's the first minute
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Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:22PM
Also good sex advice.ugarte
play every minute like it's the first minute
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:23PM
Almost certainly going to take a greasy goal if we’re going to get another.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:24PM
"As big as a grizzly bear."
OK, I've watched hockey for 50 years and that's a first.
OK, I've watched hockey for 50 years and that's a first.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:28PM
Trotsky
"As big as a grizzly bear."
OK, I've watched hockey for 50 years and that's a first.
I’m surprised he didn’t say “As big as a grizzly bear like the one who played for Chilliwack in the BCHL and was the teammate of Northern Michigan’s Moe Spernackle.”
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: CU2007 (---.stny.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:36PM
Awful rebound.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:36PM
Ethan Manderville should have been a Cornellian...
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:37PM
This game has been all about special teams, and we’ve been awful in both aspects.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:42PM
"SCMODS"?
State, County, Municipal Offender Data System.
State, County, Municipal Offender Data System.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2022 09:43PM by Trotsky.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Dafatone (---.sub-174-198-83.myvzw.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:47PM
If refs were just gonna blow the whistle when we approached the net because the goalie was down, can we have the last five seconds back?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2022 09:48PM by Dafatone.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:49PM
Benson hasn’t been as good as the Dartmouth and Brown goaltenders, but he’s been good enough to frustrate us.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: RichH (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:49PM
Trotsky
This pbp guy is excellent.
Yes, but I’m still waiting for him to say “boom goes the dynamite.”
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: ugarte (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:51PM
ugh
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2022 09:53PM by ugarte.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:51PM
Um, maybe having Mike behind the bench is important.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: scoop85 (---.hvc.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:52PM
Trotsky
Um, maybe having Mike behind the bench is important.
As would be having Berard, Andreev and Haiskenan in the lineup.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Scersk '97 (38.81.106.---)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:53PM
Dumb penalty by Malinski, and then the refs just swallowed the whistles. Incredible amounts of interference going on.
So very frustrating.
So very frustrating.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Dafatone (---.sub-174-198-83.myvzw.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:54PM
We gotta draw up a new penalty kill. We do this weird triangle and one thing where you have two guys down low, one in the center, and one at the point. When the puck swings out wide, it's one of the down low guys who goes to cover it, forcing everyone to shift.
Our kill gets stretched vertically, and since the top and center guys are stacked in a line, it's easier to pass across through them. Teams only need to beat one man to pass across.
Our kill gets stretched vertically, and since the top and center guys are stacked in a line, it's easier to pass across through them. Teams only need to beat one man to pass across.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: BearLover (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:54PM
Every team has injuries. Cornell has had its fair share in far more successful seasons than this one. See 2018-19 as one example. Stunning dearth of offensive talent outside of the top few guys on this team. Coupled with bad goaltending and you’re looking at a team that has no shot at an at-large bid.scoop85
Trotsky
Um, maybe having Mike behind the bench is important.
As would be having Berard, Andreev and Haiskenan in the lineup.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Dafatone (---.sub-174-198-83.myvzw.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:55PM
Scersk '97
Dumb penalty by Malinski, and then the refs just swallowed the whistles. Incredible amounts of interference going on.
So very frustrating.
Complaining about the refs is a pretty standard thing, but oh man have they been iffy. Just clutch, grab, crosscheck to the back city these days.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Scersk '97 (38.81.106.---)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:58PM
Dafatone
Scersk '97
Dumb penalty by Malinski, and then the refs just swallowed the whistles. Incredible amounts of interference going on.
So very frustrating.
Complaining about the refs is a pretty standard thing, but oh man have they been iffy. Just clutch, grab, crosscheck to the back city these days.
Seems the only things getting called are a random hook here or there. Meanwhile, no one can get to loose pucks because they’re being tackled or crosschecked. It’s mind numbing, and I thought we were past that as a league.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: BearLover (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 04, 2022 09:59PM
His junior hockey numbers were poor enough that I don’t know if Cornell even wanted him.Trotsky
Ethan Manderville should have been a Cornellian...
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Dafatone (---.sub-174-198-83.myvzw.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 10:00PM
Scersk '97
Dafatone
Scersk '97
Dumb penalty by Malinski, and then the refs just swallowed the whistles. Incredible amounts of interference going on.
So very frustrating.
Complaining about the refs is a pretty standard thing, but oh man have they been iffy. Just clutch, grab, crosscheck to the back city these days.
Seems the only things getting called are a random hook here or there. Meanwhile, no one can get to loose pucks because they’re being tackled or crosschecked. It’s mind numbing, and I thought we were past that as a league.
This is what we get for transitioning to a skilled team.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Scersk '97 (38.81.106.---)
Date: February 04, 2022 10:20PM
Dafatone
Scersk '97
Dafatone
Scersk '97
Dumb penalty by Malinski, and then the refs just swallowed the whistles. Incredible amounts of interference going on.
So very frustrating.
Complaining about the refs is a pretty standard thing, but oh man have they been iffy. Just clutch, grab, crosscheck to the back city these days.
Seems the only things getting called are a random hook here or there. Meanwhile, no one can get to loose pucks because they’re being tackled or crosschecked. It’s mind numbing, and I thought we were past that as a league.
This is what we get for transitioning to a skilled team.
We get better reffing when Schafer is on the bench, through some combination of alchemy and barking.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: CU2007 (---.stny.res.rr.com)
Date: February 04, 2022 10:33PM
More likely to make the NCAA tourney: men’s hockey or men’s hoops. Who ya got
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: ugarte (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 05, 2022 01:16AM
the thing is, i don't care. i'm sure the teams we're losing to do that to all of their opponents but we're the team they manage to beat.Dafatone
Scersk '97
Dumb penalty by Malinski, and then the refs just swallowed the whistles. Incredible amounts of interference going on.
So very frustrating.
Complaining about the refs is a pretty standard thing, but oh man have they been iffy. Just clutch, grab, crosscheck to the back city these days.
i'm not going to be a broken record about the structure our offense ... but i hate it! as a symbol of everything i hate about it, it's when we take what seems like 15 seconds on the power play to get the puck out from behind our net with because there's someone on the other side. nobody else does this!
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Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: BearLover (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 05, 2022 01:42AM
I agree. Did these crap teams like Dartmouth, Princeton, Brown, and Colgate all of a sudden learn to clutch and grab? Is this the first year Cornell has endured injuries? Stop making excuses. This is the same team that tied Alaska (twice) and Brown early in the season when Cornell was at full strength. This team hasn’t been impressive the whole year. It’s a shame given where the program was pre-COVID, but it’s not there anymore. We were spoiled. Maybe next year.ugarte
the thing is, i don't care. i'm sure the teams we're losing to do that to all of their opponents but we're the team they manage to beat.Dafatone
Scersk '97
Dumb penalty by Malinski, and then the refs just swallowed the whistles. Incredible amounts of interference going on.
So very frustrating.
Complaining about the refs is a pretty standard thing, but oh man have they been iffy. Just clutch, grab, crosscheck to the back city these days.
i'm not going to be a broken record about the structure our offense ... but i hate it! as a symbol of everything i hate about it, it's when we take what seems like 15 seconds on the power play to get the puck out from behind our net with because there's someone on the other side. nobody else does this!
I agree with Dafatone on the PK and with ugarte on the PP. I don’t see any other teams as passive on both the PK and PP as Cornell is. I can’t remember which recent opponent—it was Princeton, Dartmouth, or Brown, or some combination of them—but this opponent(s) was forechecking Cornell on 5x5 and aggressively chasing the puck carrier on the PK and Cornell had no answer for it. Maybe against Harvard, with their thirteen draft picks, you could imagine this happening. But Cornell literally couldn’t beat the forecheck or cleanly set up possession in the offensive zone on the PP against freaking P/D/B, whose talent is not even in the same league as Cornell’s. The fact other teams’ gameplan is to play Cornell so aggressively gives you an idea of what they think of Cornell’s skill level. The breakout has been a disaster.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/2022 01:44AM by BearLover.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: ice (---.phlapa.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 05, 2022 08:21AM
Vachon started the trouble with Locke that led to the 4x4. He pushed Locke down and then stayed on top of him. Locke may have grabbed him in retribution but Vachon was clearly the instigator.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: upprdeck (38.77.26.---)
Date: February 05, 2022 08:58AM
we took 2 penalties in places we had no reason to take them and both led to goals and we continue to not score from good spots on the ice. the energy for large stretches was great we limited almost all the solid chances for Colgate but twice the rebounds went to uncovered guys and it went in.. our PP had that happen and as usual it didnt or we shot poorly or it just hopped over our sticks
a strange rut of 2 goal games..
and still we maintain 4th place..
a strange rut of 2 goal games..
and still we maintain 4th place..
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Dafatone (---.sub-174-243-113.myvzw.com)
Date: February 05, 2022 11:05AM
BearLover
I agree. Did these crap teams like Dartmouth, Princeton, Brown, and Colgate all of a sudden learn to clutch and grab? Is this the first year Cornell has endured injuries? Stop making excuses. This is the same team that tied Alaska (twice) and Brown early in the season when Cornell was at full strength. This team hasn’t been impressive the whole year. It’s a shame given where the program was pre-COVID, but it’s not there anymore. We were spoiled. Maybe next year.ugarte
the thing is, i don't care. i'm sure the teams we're losing to do that to all of their opponents but we're the team they manage to beat.Dafatone
Scersk '97
Dumb penalty by Malinski, and then the refs just swallowed the whistles. Incredible amounts of interference going on.
So very frustrating.
Complaining about the refs is a pretty standard thing, but oh man have they been iffy. Just clutch, grab, crosscheck to the back city these days.
i'm not going to be a broken record about the structure our offense ... but i hate it! as a symbol of everything i hate about it, it's when we take what seems like 15 seconds on the power play to get the puck out from behind our net with because there's someone on the other side. nobody else does this!
I agree with Dafatone on the PK and with ugarte on the PP. I don’t see any other teams as passive on both the PK and PP as Cornell is. I can’t remember which recent opponent—it was Princeton, Dartmouth, or Brown, or some combination of them—but this opponent(s) was forechecking Cornell on 5x5 and aggressively chasing the puck carrier on the PK and Cornell had no answer for it. Maybe against Harvard, with their thirteen draft picks, you could imagine this happening. But Cornell literally couldn’t beat the forecheck or cleanly set up possession in the offensive zone on the PP against freaking P/D/B, whose talent is not even in the same league as Cornell’s. The fact other teams’ gameplan is to play Cornell so aggressively gives you an idea of what they think of Cornell’s skill level. The breakout has been a disaster.
This Cornell team gets outmuscled more than most. We're big, but we're young, or at least inexperienced. Plus a whole year off. So "weaker" teams that are lacking in skill players push us around.
Also feels like they're lacking a bit in morale lately. Hit a run, lack of veteran leadership because the veteran leaders left (I don't blame them. I blame COVID and the ivy league for waiting so long to extend eligibility). No coach goes a long way, too.
And we're not making adjustments to beat teams, but I think that comes down to coaching. Not a knock on Ben Syer, exactly, but I imagine a lot of the tactics boil down to "stay the course til Schafer gets back." Or maybe not, it's not like I really know what I'm talking about when it comes to hockey Xs and Os.
We all knew this was going to be a rebuilding sort of year. We've had some big wins and some big losses. Hopefully, the team gets healthy and ends the year strong.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: ugarte (---.nycmny.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 05, 2022 01:23PM
At least against Alaska, Brown and Harvard I thought it was clear that we were by far the better team running into bad puck luck. The last few weeks of struggle we've shown flashes of how good we could be but mostly are fumbling the puck for no reason or trying to Kitty Pryde through the defense. Puck movement is aimless and every time it looks like we've actually maneuvered our way to an open man for a clean shot, the pass is offline enough (into the skates or to the backhand) that the puck can't be handled or one-timed cleanly. It's infuriating.BearLover
I agree. Did these crap teams like Dartmouth, Princeton, Brown, and Colgate all of a sudden learn to clutch and grab? Is this the first year Cornell has endured injuries? Stop making excuses. This is the same team that tied Alaska (twice) and Brown early in the season when Cornell was at full strength. This team hasn’t been impressive the whole year. It’s a shame given where the program was pre-COVID, but it’s not there anymore. We were spoiled. Maybe next year...ugarte
the thing is, i don't care. i'm sure the teams we're losing to do that to all of their opponents but we're the team they manage to beat.Dafatone
Scersk '97
Dumb penalty by Malinski, and then the refs just swallowed the whistles. Incredible amounts of interference going on.
So very frustrating.
Complaining about the refs is a pretty standard thing, but oh man have they been iffy. Just clutch, grab, crosscheck to the back city these days.
i'm not going to be a broken record about the structure our offense ... but i hate it! as a symbol of everything i hate about it, it's when we take what seems like 15 seconds on the power play to get the puck out from behind our net with because there's someone on the other side. nobody else does this!
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Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Trotsky (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 05, 2022 02:10PM
ugarte
At least against Alaska, Brown and Harvard I thought it was clear that we were by far the better team running into bad puck luck. The last few weeks of struggle we've shown flashes of how good we could be but mostly are fumbling the puck for no reason or trying to Kitty Pryde through the defense. Puck movement is aimless and every time it looks like we've actually maneuvered our way to an open man for a clean shot, the pass is offline enough (into the skates or to the backhand) that the puck can't be handled or one-timed cleanly. It's infuriating.
After a snap pass around the umbrella we do seem to wait for the opponent to regain possession of the lane before shooting because otherwise it wouldn't be sporting. And as somebody said during the game thread, Malinski has now reached Doug Murray levels of heavy but wild slappers.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: Dafatone (---.sub-174-243-112.myvzw.com)
Date: February 05, 2022 02:13PM
Trotsky
ugarte
At least against Alaska, Brown and Harvard I thought it was clear that we were by far the better team running into bad puck luck. The last few weeks of struggle we've shown flashes of how good we could be but mostly are fumbling the puck for no reason or trying to Kitty Pryde through the defense. Puck movement is aimless and every time it looks like we've actually maneuvered our way to an open man for a clean shot, the pass is offline enough (into the skates or to the backhand) that the puck can't be handled or one-timed cleanly. It's infuriating.
After a snap pass around the umbrella we do seem to wait for the opponent to regain possession of the lane before shooting because otherwise it wouldn't be sporting. And as somebody said during the game thread, Malinski has now reached Doug Murray levels of heavy but wild slappers.
Our guys underneath don't do anything and we don't work to get the puck down low. Need more movement away from the puck and more movement of the puck high-low instead of around the umbrella.
Again, gotta stress that I don't actually know hockey strategy.
Re: Colgate 2/4
Posted by: osorojo (97.104.222.---)
Date: February 06, 2022 11:02AM
Wait 'till next year! [Details to follow}.
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